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Hmm, QSine sounds, well, different. Were there any vegetarian options on the menu at all? You at least eat fish but I wonder if there'd been any choices at all for me (I'm not talking about vegan, just non-fish vegetarian).
Hmmm. That restaurant seemed a little strange, to say the least. As we are definitely non foodie types--just meat and potatoes, please, I'm not sure it would be for us at all. I'm a little more adventurous when traveling, but not DH. I've noticed when we've sailed on Royal Caribbean that the shops tend to be more high end. There is usually a little corner tucked in somewhere with those essential traveling needs, however. In truth, that's about all Disney has of those as well, but it is a little more in the open.
That ship is huge. You keep walking around taking photos of new areas.... I think.
Different restaurant indeed. Not ideal for a non-fish, very-little-red meat kinda gal though. Cool decor and the iPad menu thing is very clever. I can't wait to see what their desserts are like!
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Interesting menu gimmick. And given what you've said about the average age of cruisers on this sailing, I do wonder how much extra time is spent trying to explain things.....
I'm guessing you won't be making a return visit to this one?
we didn't - we were not overly impressed and good point about the demographics. I hadn't thought of that, but now you mention it, a very odd choice to have on board...
Hmm, QSine sounds, well, different. Were there any vegetarian options on the menu at all? You at least eat fish but I wonder if there'd been any choices at all for me (I'm not talking about vegan, just non-fish vegetarian).
From memory, I don't think there was very much at all. I had a quick look at the photos I took of the menu and I could only find one thing.
Hmmm. That restaurant seemed a little strange, to say the least. As we are definitely non foodie types--just meat and potatoes, please, I'm not sure it would be for us at all.
I think from your description, it wouldn't be.
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I'm a little more adventurous when traveling, but not DH. I've noticed when we've sailed on Royal Caribbean that the shops tend to be more high end. There is usually a little corner tucked in somewhere with those essential traveling needs, however. In truth, that's about all Disney has of those as well, but it is a little more in the open.
We did eventually find those more ordinary items, but it took quite some time to find it...
That ship is huge. You keep walking around taking photos of new areas.... I think.
Yep, we did keep finding new areas!
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Different restaurant indeed. Not ideal for a non-fish, very-little-red meat kinda gal though. Cool decor and the iPad menu thing is very clever. I can't wait to see what their desserts are like!
Tuesday 7 June – part five: we’re in Sweden, we’re in Denmark, we’re in Sweden!
It was around this time that we saw land – I believe this island was called Anborg and it’s right in the middle of the Baltic in between Denmark and Sweden, but is part of Denmark. My phone was going nuts, one minute telling me I was on the Swedish network, and the next minute welcoming me to Denmark!
The next item out was the lava crab, which was quite the presentation…
It was cut into two at our table. It was made up of Alaskan king crab, sweet yellow corn and scallions, kataifi with old bay lobster sauce, and I think this was my favourite of meal so far. It was beautiful, although it was a bit odd to have lobster presented in this way.
Our next course was the soupe and soufflé, which was made up of three chilled soups, although again sadly the menu didn’t give me the full details. It tells me the green one was green pea (big surprise!), while the red one I know was tomato basil, but as to what the yellow one was, I can’t remember now. It maybe corn? Of the three, neither of us liked the green pea at all, while Mark really liked the yellow one, but I adored the tomato basil, so again, a bit hit and miss.
It was accompanied by three different souffles, one was cheddar cheese, which I ate myself, as Mark can’t have too much dairy, and it was very nice. The next, which I really liked was I think the crab and asparagus, while I think the third, that I wasn’t too keen on, as it was a bit smoky in favour, was the lobster and yellow corn. I may have got the latter two mixed up, but hopefully you get the idea – one was amazing, while the other was just Ok.
Then we went into the big dishes. The next one was just for Mark – painter’s mignon, filet mignon with palatable pleasers, made up of things like mac ‘n’ cheese, spinach, mashed potatoes and mushrooms. He seemed very happy with it.
I sampled some of the next dish, which was the Chinese x Martini = Chittini’s, and when it turned up, you could see why it was called that, as they were all served in martini glasses. Now this had orange chicken (which I know Mark wasn’t keen on at all ), kung pao shrimp (which was very good, once I scraped off the chili ), beef and pepper in black bean sauce, stir-fry vegetables (which were what you’d expect frankly), sweet and sour pork, with sticky rice with dipping sauces.
Our final course was the salmon cataplana, and again, the presentation was quite something…
This was salmon “cataplana style” with saffron broth, tomato ravioli, chorizo (which I asked to be left out), garlic confit, fennel and leeks, and this was definitely one of the highlights of the meal. The salmon was beautifully cooked, and literally fell apart as soon as you touched it. It was exceptionally tasty as well.
Then it was time to move on to dessert, and this was like a Rubik’s cube, in that you had to fold it out to find out what the six options were. One was a surprise, but I knew that I couldn’t have that, as someone at the neighbouring table asked what it was, and was told it had cherry in it. By now, we were both quite full, having shared eight items, instead of the recommended five
I went for the silver bullet in the end, made up of gelato (coconut, strawberry and mango – some of my favourites ), berries, and chocolate. I had no idea why it was called silver bullet until it arrived on my plate:
Ok, now I get it! The berries and the chocolate were all on the top, and the gelato was absolutely superb, some of the best I’ve ever had.
This is what I had to eat it with, and our server did point out exactly what we’d already thought, that it looks just like an implement the dentist would use!
Mark went for beignets, doughnuts, and fritters, which made me laugh, given that he’d declared himself full while eating the filet mignon. I was expecting him to opt out of dessert, but not a bit of it! I can tell you I couldn’t have faced that much more food.
The final bit we were offered was these chocolate covered strawberries, but I only took a bite, and thought there was no way I could eat anymore of it. As Mark said, “American chocolate” – no offence, but my goodness, it’s nowhere near as good as our chocolate.
It had been an interesting meal, but it was definitely a once-only thing for me. I’m glad I did it, but I won’t be rushing back.
QSine
Disco shrimp 8½ 9
Treseviches 7½ 8½
Sushi lollipops 8½ 10
Lava crab 9 8½
Soupe and soufflé 8 8½
Chinese 8½ 9
Filet N/A 9
Salmon cataplana 9½ 9
Dessert 10 7½
Service 9 9
Atmosphere 9 9
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Cool decor and the iPad menu thing is very clever. I can't wait to see what their desserts are like!
we didn't - we were not overly impressed and good point about the demographics. I hadn't thought of that, but now you mention it, a very odd choice to have on board...
), berries, and chocolate. I had no idea why it was called silver bullet until it arrived on my plate: 
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